Los Angeles Academy Middle

As a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Academy Middle hosts 829 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Los Angeles Academy Middle is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that works with 406,887 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Los Angeles Academy Middle reports that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Los Angeles Academy Middle shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Los Angeles Academy Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Los Angeles Academy Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.3%; this one delivers 21.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Los Angeles Academy Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Dr. Maya Angelou Community High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Los Angeles Academy Middle. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Los Angeles Academy Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 22.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 1,246 students in 2018 compared to 829 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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